Shirt



H. H. HERST.

SHIRT.

vAPPLlCAT-ION FILED APR.8. 1919.

Patented June 8, 1920.

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Ammers H. H. HERST.

ASmm. APPLICATION FILED APR-8| I9I9.

A TTORNE YS Wl TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM H. HERST, OF OCEAN VIEW, VIRGINIA.

SHIRT.

Application filed April 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM I-I. Hnns'r, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Ocean View, in the county of Norfolk and State ofVirginia, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to y mens wear, and moreparticularly to mens outer shirts, my object being the provision of anovel construction in connection with the front portion of a shirt toconceal and hold the flowing ends of fore-in-hand ties and thus adaptedparticularly to summer wear without a vest.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction whichwill enable a better fit in the front of a shirt, and while especiallydesigned for summer wear, will also promote certain advantages in winterwear, in connection with vests as I will hereinafter more particllarlypoint out.

In carrying out my invention I provide a shirt, the upper inner portionsof the front sides of which are cut away 'and are formed as to provide aV-shaped outlet, and my present improvements are directed in particularto the manner in which the edges of the front sides or fore part of theshirt are formed along the sides of the outlet so as to retain theirshape in laundrying and without detracting from their appearanceV andwear and without eXtra stitching and securing of parts.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, and forming apart of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the practical application ofmy invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking at the front of a shirt, partlyopen and constructed in accordance with my improvements,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the fore flaps underlyingthe outlet of the shirt front,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the front sides of the shirtremoved, with its border flap extended,

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the border flap folded in place,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one side portion of a garmentconstructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 7 is a cross section through a por- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 8, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 288,499.

tion of one of the front sides and its underlying flap.

Referring now to these figures, it will be noted particularly from Figs.1, 2, and 6 that my invention proposes the formation of each of thefront sides 10 of a shirt in 'such manner that a V-shaped outlet resultsat the upper front portion of the shirt, in connection with front flaps11 attached around their upper curved edges as at 12 to the collar band13 and at their upper straight edges 14 as secnin Fig. 3 to the shoulderseam seen at 15 in Fig. 6 in particular.

The free inner straight edges 16 of the front flaps 11, which latter areof course of a greater combined area than the area of the outlet on theshirt front, are lapped and fastened according to the usual way offastening the front portion of a shirt, as for instance, by a button 17and a button hole 18, and the lower portions or straight edges of thefore sides or front sides 10 of the shirt are likewise fastened as usualby buttons 19 and button holes 20.

The upper button hole 20, it will be noted by particular reference toFigs. 4 and 5, is located immediately adjacent to the lower end of theupper angular portion of the respective front side, as well as the upperbutton 19, and these upper angular portions 2l of the two fore sideswhich coperate to form the V-shaped front outlet, have border flaps 22,one of which is particularly seen in Fig. 4 and the upper and lower endsof which border flaps are flared on angles at 23 and 24 so that theborder flaps when folded will have their upper ends 23 coincide with theupper straight edges 24 of the front sides, and their lower ends 24 willbe perforated when the upper button hole 2O is formed and will besecured when the button hole is worked as usual.

In view of the fact that when the flaps 22 are folded against the innerfaces of the front sides of panels 10, the upper ends 23 of these panelscoincide with the upper straight edges 24 of the panels, it is obviousthat the upper ends of the flaps in their turned positions will besecured by the shoulder seam 15 as seen in Fig. 6, so that without otherconnection, the border flaps along the upper angular portions 21 of thefront panels will be held against displacement and will form a Vturnededge which is permanently supported, and is of a nature adapted toprevent a neat appearance .in use and avoid all tendency to displacementin laundrying.

It is obvious that when the shirt is buttoned down the front, theflowing ends of a tiekmay be concealed beneath the same by virtue of theextension of, the tie downwardly between underlying flaps ll, throughthe upper lV-shaped outlet, and that my in- `vehtion not only providesfor this `outlet and A the edges incident thereto, but falso avoids all,dahgerof the edge'sy'there'oi' being frced'out ofplace'duringlaiindrying without however requiring eXtra stitching orsecuring 'means in view of the fact that the Vtwo bor'der flaps are heldat their upper edges by the shoulder seains and tliat'their lower edgesby the upper buttons 19 and button h'o'les 20.

It is also obvious that a vest-like appearahce will be given, which isboth neat and attractive, and that while particularly designed forsuin'mer wear, theshirt lformed in accordance with my invention Vhasadvantages in winter wear by virtue of the angular. edges 2l formingwhat are known as vest edging.

I claim A shirt for mens wear having plain rear panels and front panelsconnected by shoulder seams, its front panels being cut away angularlyalong the upper, inner and adjacent edges to forin V-shaped outlets atthe upper central portionofthe shirtfrnt, each of said front' 'panelsybeihg 'provided with integral flaps turned borderihg the said upperangular portions and trnedybeheath the inner edges, of the said frontpanels, the up'p'efr ends'of which border flaps are secured in tli'eshoulder 'se'anis,ralnd fastening ineans for connecting the panels lihuse, the uppermeinbers of which securey the lower ends of thesaitlaboifd'er in place whereby the aps will be securely held at theendsonly. u y *e HIRAM H. HERs'r.

